name '__file__' is not defined when using os/sys

[danielreispereira]

The following works fine on a clean VSCode :

import os 
import sys
sys.path.append(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))

But it fails on Positron with the following error

NameError: name '__file__' is not defined
Cell In[5], line 1
----> 1 sys.path.append(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))

[lionel-]

Could you please detail what you're doing exactly?

I can reproduce with executeCode (Cmd+Enter or Ctrl+Enter) but not with Run Python File (the arrow in the screenshot below):

Ideally running line by line would produce the same effect as running the file but that is not always possible.

[juliasilge]

We suspect this may be related to work we've done on the working directory in the console.

In the console, there is no active __file__.